Why Lycra is a Bad Idea

April 1, 2009

Bikes

...tyle? It looks like the Brits are ahead of us in this department with the recent revival of riding tweeds. There’s a Tweed Cycling Club, a funny article in The Chap (pdf), a photogenic London tweed ride, and let’s not forget our stylish American friends Hen Waller (of chicken fame) who operate vélocouture and are also fans of tweed. As I prepare to step on a train to head to San Francisco with my bike and usual slovenly attire, I only wish the jou...

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Weekend Linkages: You’re Either On the Bus or Off the Bus

Mr. Homegrown

September 25, 2022

Saturday Linkages

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...ogle map of Los Angeles air raid sirens The strange world of r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix The Bus Stops Here: What it’s like on six Los Angeles bus routes that are crucial lifelines for under-served Angelenos Sabadell Spain’s new bus mascot The FDA’s Warning About NyQuil Chicken Resulted In Around 7,000 Searches For It On TikTok Profiting from poison: how the US lead industry knowingly created a water crisis Workers creating music in a scrapyard in Indo...

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Urban Livestock and Bikes!

Mr. Homegrown

February 18, 2009

Events

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India: chickens and bikes in a photo by Shabbir Siraj Urban Livestock Workshop Homegrown Evolution will be hosting an urban livestock workshop at our humble abode in Silver Lake on March 1st from 1-4pm. We’ll be talkin’ chicken, permaculturist Joan Stevens will be rapping about rabbits and Leonardo Chalupowicz will share his recent experience of becoming a “backwards” beekeeper. We’ll discuss how to integrate these animals into your backyard and...

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Excuses, Excuses

Mr. Homegrown

February 21, 2023

Thoughtstylings

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...I’ve been absent for awhile due to a mountain of volunteer responsibility that devolved upon me in recent weeks. Everything is okay and I’ll be back to thoughtstyling here soon. In the meantime, please enjoy this inexplicable chicken nugget intervention I spotted on a recent dog walk....

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A Warning About Straw

Mr. Homegrown

October 25, 2009

Animals, Chickens, Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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Claude Monet used straw (or is that hay?) for art. We use straw to catch chicken droppings! Straw is a very inexpensive and useful material for composting, mulching and animal bedding (we use it for all of these purposes). If you use it for mulch you’ll probably get some seeds that will germinate, but I’ve never found it to be a big problem in a small vegetable garden. I get my straw from the feed store, but you can often get it for free from yup...

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